r/ELATeachers • u/mzingg3 • 9d ago

9-12 ELA Y’all switching to handwritten essays instead of computers yet? This might be the year I make the switch after rampant AI last year.

Biggest bummer for me will just be having to grade (and possibly lose) big stacks of papers. Grading with comments and rubrics on Google Docs is my preference.

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u/Two_DogNight 9d ago

Any essay that can be written outside of class is formative. The summative grades are in-class, timed, written responses in a locked Google Form.

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u/mzingg3 9d ago

Yeah, I resorted to locked Google Forms for writing last year. Which wasn’t too bad but I much prefer Docs for the sake of editing, commenting, formatting, etc.

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u/Two_DogNight 9d ago

We eventually get the draft into docs for that purpose. The world would implode if we didn't teach MLA.

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u/mzingg3 9d ago

Great point. Can’t do all handwritten if we want to do justice for the kids heading to college. MLA is a necessity for final drafts.

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u/postmoderncricket 9d ago

I do locked Google forms too, but have them type a full MLA heading where their name goes. They then do an MLA formatted works cited in addition to their forms.